Manager, Data Protection

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

Now is an exciting time to join Netflix as we continue to expand globally and into new products, like games. As we grow, we are committed to fostering user trust and transparency while balancing business needs. A key focus area is ensuring a seamless and consumer-centric approach to data collection, consent, and privacy controls. We aim to set the foundation for a best-in-class privacy experience that empowers users while supporting business innovation.

The Privacy & Data Protection Engineering (PDPE) organization at Netflix ensures responsible data use and provides confidence that privacy and security risks are managed across the company. PDPE is a cross-functional team comprising Privacy Engineering, Data Protection, and Privacy Infrastructure Engineering. The Data Protection team focuses on providing visibility and comprehensive insights into Netflix’s data assets, and on defining, building, and promoting right-sized and right-timed data policies, controls, and capabilities.

We are seeking a strategic and hands-on manager to lead our Data Protection program within PDPE. In this role, you will drive the evolution of Netflix’s data classification, retention, and access control practices, ensuring we meet our obligations to consumers, regulators, and the business. You will lead a team of talented engineers and partner closely with our program managers, Data Platform, Legal, and Security teams, and play a critical role in scaling our data protection efforts as Netflix expands into new business areas and technologies.

• Lead the Data Protection Team: Oversee the planning, execution, and continuous improvement of data classification, retention, and access management strategies for all Netflix data, with a focus on consumer data.

• Drive program strategy and execution: Set clear objectives and key results, prioritize initiatives based on risk and business impact, and deliver measurable outcomes that reduce risk and support compliance.

• Build and empower a high-performing team: Hire, coach, and develop engineers and program managers; foster an inclusive, psychologically safe, and growth-oriented team culture.

• Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner with Product, Data Platform, Security, and Legal teams to align on data protection goals, drive adoption of data protection controls, and ensure seamless integration into business processes.

• Promote data protection best practices: Develop and deliver training, documentation, and guidance to empower Netflix data owners and users to understand and fulfill their data protection responsibilities.

• Advance technical solutions: Guide the development and rollout of scalable automation, dashboards, and user experiences for data classification, retention, and access control (e.g., Data Snitch, automated TTL enforcement).

• Measure and communicate impact: Define and track program metrics, report progress to leadership and stakeholders, and continuously seek feedback to improve program effectiveness.

• Champion a responsible data culture: Advocate for privacy and data protection as a business enabler, balancing risk reduction with innovation and user value.

• Proven leadership experience in data protection, privacy engineering, or a related field, ideally in a large-scale, data-driven environment.

• Strong technical and program management skills: Experience designing, implementing, and scaling data classification, retention, and access management solutions.

• Effective cross-functional collaborator: Demonstrated ability to build strong partnerships with engineering, product, legal, and security teams, and to influence without authority.

• Inclusive people leader: Track record of hiring, developing, and retaining diverse talent; skilled at fostering psychological safety, delivering feedback, and supporting career growth.

• Strategic and pragmatic thinker: Able to prioritize and execute in a dynamic environment, balancing regulatory, business, and technical considerations.

• Excellent communicator: Comfortable conveying complex technical and policy concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Experience with metrics-driven programs: Skilled at defining, tracking, and reporting on program success and areas for improvement

• Deep understanding of data protection frameworks and regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) and industry best practices.

Our culture is unique, and we live by our values, so it’s worth learning more about Netflix culture.

Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $190,000 - $920,000.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs.  Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more detail about our Benefits here.

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.